The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-01
The Work of Monday in Both
Houses.
EVENING SESSIONS IN ORDER.
struggling with The Appropriation
Bills and Unfinished Business
Other Notes.
THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS,
SENATE.

siding officer of The Senate presented
message from the President in response
to the seizure and sale of the American
schooner ReJecca at Tampico, and to
the resignation Of the late minister to
Mexico. Jackson, stating that 1t is not
compatibIe with the peace interests to
communicate the correspondence in
either case at present :,
Brown submitted remarks on the
subiect of the message. He stated the
facts in connection with the seizure OF
the RebeCcd IN 1884.
The claim for in iennity had dragge !
lis slow course through three years OF
dipIomatiC correspondence without
redress. 1t was time that American
ministers should make earnest aud
vigorous demands for restitution and
that was the view taken of the subject
nv tba late Minister Jackson. He in
fimated that that had been one of the
causes of Jackson's resignation. Jack
son believed that American citizens
had been arrested and imprisoned and
shamefully robbed of their property in
the Mexican port and that the robbery
had been committed With the aid and
pretended authority of the local Mexi-
can court.
The presiding officer having pre-
scented the naval appropriation bill, its
second reading was objected to by
Ednaund5, whJ stated his reasons for
doing so. He complained of the great
and uuWarranted delay on the part OF
the House in sending to the Senate
great appropriation bills and an .
nounced his settled determination not
to have them railroaded through the
Senate. The Senate should have the
necessary time to give full consideration
to them, and so should the President.
The bill in reference to the fishery
troubles had not yet been passed finally
and if Congress were to adjourn with
out having made some provision on the
subject it would be the duty of the
President to call the new Congress in
extra session. The interstate COM
MERGE commissioners had for some
reason or other not been appointed and
he did not see in the condition of
things, that any undue haste should
be made ABOUT the appropriation bills,
or that the Senate should be coerced
from its wise and we'll ordered rules of
business. He asked that the committee
on appropriations should make. a state
ment as to the condition of business.
Statements were thereu pom made by
Hale and Allison, showing the obstacles
thrown in the way of legislation
by the House, and intimating their
opinion of the possibility of getting
through necessary business of legisla-
ton before noon on the 4th of March.
Mr.. Hoar, from the committee on
privileges and elections, asked that
committee be permitted to report to
the next session upon the power of the
President to designate temporarily men
to perform the duties of certain offices
whose nomination to some position had
previously been rejected by the Senate
Granted
Mr.. Plumb reported fsvorably from
the committee on public lands, and
asked immediate consideration of the
Senate bill to Increase the endowment
OF the Louisiana State University and
Agricultural College. It sets aside
and aDpropriates 5000 acres of public
land IN the State of Louisiana for that
purpose. The bill was passed.
The House labor arbitration bill was
then taken up.
Teller, without Directing to the bill
made brief argument upon the in
utility OF labor combinations.
Sherman said he favored the forma-
ton OF commission to inquire into
the whole labor question: and 6evise |
remedies for any evils which might be |
found 10 exist, but to attempt to |
amend the bill would probably result |
II It's defeat. He would withdraw the !
2mendmentwhich he previously offered. |
The Dill was passed without division.
Tae House bill in reference to the
employment of convict or alien labor
upon public buildings or public works
or IN the preparation of material for
pubic buildings or public works, was
passed.
Upon motion of Mr.. Plumb, the
House Dill to provide for the adjust
LAent OF land grants heretofore made
by Congress and remaining unad-
adjusted, was taken up, and after the
adoption OF Sundry amendments was
passed.
A conference was ordered upon it.
Upon motion OF Miller. the pIeuro-
pneumonia bill was taken up.
Upon the motion made by Dawes to
reconsider the vote by which the EC
iGCAdS substitute was last week adopte
me vote Stood,3O to % so the motion
reconsider was carried.
, Inc question then recurring on "
LunuEuS' substitute, Mr.. Harris mao
motion that further consideration be
poStponeG until tomorrow. Lost-IG
Edmunds' substitute was then re-
!eGted-yeas q, navs 90
A. est offered an amendment recurring
S sue assent OF the authorities of tnr
H Tos before the Commissioner can ex-
R fnlt any Of the appropriation thereon.
-VT?l-yeas q, nays, 26.
e,.,o an Wyck renewed his amendment
t6H o the application of the bill t
c cov swine plague and cholera and other
kdvasl3us diseases among swire
n uUpted; The bill was passed-yeas
f fno nays 10. Pairs were announced be-
Keen Keen Messrs. Brown and Dolph,
b nrnn and Mitchell (Oregon), Ssuls
and u ana SAWYER, Farwell and GRAY.
'18 Frye and Edmupds.
njitsn uhos, from the conference COM
~ on the bill respecting the